Takeaways: A Project 2025 author makes plans, rallies loyalists as Trump aims for 2nd term

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Here are some things to know about Vought and his plans if Trump returns to power.
55% : When Trump was elected in 2016, Vought became deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
51% : Combative and loyal to Trump, Vought would later take over as OMB's top official.
51% : Vought's selection to be policy director of the Republican Party's 2024 platform writing committee underscored his proximity to Trump.
49% : With Vought at the helm, OMB was at the center of showdowns between Trump and Congress over federal spending and the legal bounds of presidential power.
45% : The effort to disavow ties to Project 2025 is complicated by the connections Trump has with many of its contributors.
43% : After lawmakers refused to give Trump more money for his southern U.S. border wall, the budget office siphoned billions of dollars from the Pentagon and Treasury Department budgets to pay for it.
34% : Controversial blueprintDemocrats have used Project 2025 as a political weapon, tying it to Trump and arguing to voters that the plan is extreme.
32% : Trump has sought to distance himself from the project.
22% : Under Vought, OMB also withheld military aid to Ukraine as Trump pressured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate President Joe Biden and his son.
14% : Trump, who has faced four separate prosecutions, has threatened retribution against Biden and other perceived enemies.

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